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you had stats in washington. you had hadn't been to washington for a number of years. tell us what your insights were. >> it does trouble me there is a lot of lobbying going on, money is playing a much greater role in washington. i was in washington 25 years ago t. role of lobbyists and the role of money and compluns of money was considerably less then. it's in part because the government has gotten so much bicker. in part because lobbyists and government really have very specific goals and they influence the way laws are created. it's a large measure because various interest groups, sometimes for legitimate reasons, sometimes not, want to get their particular point in the law. so if they become more complicated. it's a self reenforcing front. >> if we had less government, we would have necessary e less lobbyists. >> i think we need simpler laws. >> this is physics. if we had less governments. >> we want the government to do more government protection. we want more regulation. >> you agreed with me during the break. >> i agreed the laws have gotten much more complicate
you had stats in washington. you had hadn't been to washington for a number of years. tell us what your insights were. >> it does trouble me there is a lot of lobbying going on, money is playing a much greater role in washington. i was in washington 25 years ago t. role of lobbyists and the role of money and compluns of money was considerably less then. it's in part because the government has gotten so much bicker. in part because lobbyists and government really have very specific goals...
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the only thing that stands in the way of job growth is washington. it's not bernanke. it's the congress and the president. they kill small business. they kill confidence. i think they're going to take another run at it. >> hopefully -- >> i'm really nervous about this. forget about syria. >>> jim, thank you. we'll see you in just a few minutes on "squawk on the street." >> thank you. >>> coming up, our guest host this morning, the only other person is ralph fosting, i have to do it, i have to wait. it's hard for me. get the last word when we return. ♪ ♪ ♪ i've got something for you too. (announcer) fancy feast delights with cheddar. a meal that is sure to delight your cheese lover. now available in the classic form she loves. fancy feast. the best ingredient is love. help the gulf when we made recover and learn the gulf, bp from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where e
the only thing that stands in the way of job growth is washington. it's not bernanke. it's the congress and the president. they kill small business. they kill confidence. i think they're going to take another run at it. >> hopefully -- >> i'm really nervous about this. forget about syria. >>> jim, thank you. we'll see you in just a few minutes on "squawk on the street." >> thank you. >>> coming up, our guest host this morning, the only other person...
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go back to 2005 washington post article, he hwe need to rework finances. a couple of people out a few years ago, former members or members of other unions questioning their cash flow situation. the afl-cio, regardless of the people, the companies it represents, has its own financial issues that it needs -- the only way, like any organization, doesn't matter what you are, you need new members to supply and fund old members. that's it. >> i wonder if there is a larger question of unions in america, where union membership is going, period. recently gone down, been a number of examples, obviously -- >> listen -- >> whether it is detroit or autos or airlines where it hasn't worked and yet we're now in a -- such a different economic environment, where i can see unions become more popular again. >> i think you're touching on an important topic, bigger than this. i understand wage inequality is at a record and it is awful and does great harm to social good. but -- >> but the bottom -- >> it is hard to find a country -- it is impossible to find a country as i found
go back to 2005 washington post article, he hwe need to rework finances. a couple of people out a few years ago, former members or members of other unions questioning their cash flow situation. the afl-cio, regardless of the people, the companies it represents, has its own financial issues that it needs -- the only way, like any organization, doesn't matter what you are, you need new members to supply and fund old members. that's it. >> i wonder if there is a larger question of unions in...
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let's get to washington. john harwood is there, our chief washington correspondent. good morning, john. >> good morning. >> trying to understand what is going on here. let me show you the front page of the washington post right here. u.s. -- here it is, u.s. strike could pull nation into war, experts say. what is the calculus inside the white house now? >> the white house is trying to make the case that they are not aiming for regime change in syria. this is not an intervention intended to tip the balance. this is intended to be a punitive strike against the assad regime and show that you're going to pay a price if you use weapons of mass destruction, chemical weapons. the problem is that what you -- what happens after that. what is their response? do they try to provoke you again? do you have to hit them again? and how do you avoid inevitably seeking to resolve the outcome of the war? the administration is trying to show discipline. richard haass, the veteran diplomat and foreign policy strategist who served in both bush white houses has been making the point over a
let's get to washington. john harwood is there, our chief washington correspondent. good morning, john. >> good morning. >> trying to understand what is going on here. let me show you the front page of the washington post right here. u.s. -- here it is, u.s. strike could pull nation into war, experts say. what is the calculus inside the white house now? >> the white house is trying to make the case that they are not aiming for regime change in syria. this is not an...
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. >>> how do you say this -- washington news. lawmakers debating what to do about this awful situation in syria. john harwood joins us -- i'm trying to figure out, john, so you've got chemical weapons. you've got gas. where does it get you to use it? i don't -- that's the thing that's so puzzling. i don't know what this did for, allegedly we're now saying that the rebels probably didn't have the capacity to do it this way, and it was obviously done by someone. so we're -- i think we've known all along it was probably assad, but what was the point? i don't get it. it turns the entire world against you. >> reporter: well, on the one hand, you can strike terror in the hearts of the people you're fighting. and on the other hand, if they thought, in fact, that the world was not going to respond, it would have sent a message that the regime could do whatever it wants. but what we've seen as the situation has evolved over the last few days is that leading powers in the west including the united states have decided that they cannot ignor
. >>> how do you say this -- washington news. lawmakers debating what to do about this awful situation in syria. john harwood joins us -- i'm trying to figure out, john, so you've got chemical weapons. you've got gas. where does it get you to use it? i don't -- that's the thing that's so puzzling. i don't know what this did for, allegedly we're now saying that the rebels probably didn't have the capacity to do it this way, and it was obviously done by someone. so we're -- i think we've...
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john harwood joins us this morning from washington with a little bit more on this. maybe some other thoughts. what does this mean? nothing? zero? >> yeah, because we knew that cory booker was going to win this primary. we know he's going to win the general election. he's going to win it so easily, that chris christie didn't want to be on the same ballot with cory booker when chris christie himself is running for re-election. he will also win. but there is no mystery about this. this is a state that is very democratic. you would have to have some sort of republican star like chris christie himself to challenge somebody like booker. and so this is a seat the democrats are going to get back. and then we're going to have a fight over, you know, a half dozen or few more seats to see whether republicans can pick up the six they need to win a majority in the senate. >> another washington question for you, the president apparently next week after his vacation, i don't know if he's going on -- he's on vacation, i don't know if he's going back to vacation later, but apparentl
john harwood joins us this morning from washington with a little bit more on this. maybe some other thoughts. what does this mean? nothing? zero? >> yeah, because we knew that cory booker was going to win this primary. we know he's going to win the general election. he's going to win it so easily, that chris christie didn't want to be on the same ballot with cory booker when chris christie himself is running for re-election. he will also win. but there is no mystery about this. this is a...
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i want to talk to you about united and the airline business as well and the washington post, bezos. let's start with apple. it's great to have you here. tim skook gets a call from carl icahn. you know tim cook. >> right. >> he thinks what? >> you know, tim cook is a very measured, sensible guy. so he's not emotional. he probably thinks, let me do what's right. let me figure out the shareholders. i think apple's issue that tim cook is facing is what's the next big product? every three years, steve jobs came along and kind of blew us away. we didn't know we needed 1,000 songs in our ipod. we didn't know we needed a new cell phone, our own cell phone was broken dead. what's the time? >> within i finished your book. there was a moment when he talked about revolutionizeing the tv business. i think anybody that finished the book thought the next big rell revolution at apple. the next industry disrupted was tv. it's probably been about two years since then. we haven't seen that happen. what do you think has gone wrong? was there something steve had planned that hasn't got him out the gate?
i want to talk to you about united and the airline business as well and the washington post, bezos. let's start with apple. it's great to have you here. tim skook gets a call from carl icahn. you know tim cook. >> right. >> he thinks what? >> you know, tim cook is a very measured, sensible guy. so he's not emotional. he probably thinks, let me do what's right. let me figure out the shareholders. i think apple's issue that tim cook is facing is what's the next big product?...
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well, i don't know. >> i'm with you, but i want washington off -- i hate it when washington is on the business section, because the name calling is horrible and i think that your analysis, joe, is rig right, it is not that bad, but when you get the partisan conflict and something in syria and funky earnings, it is difficult to mount a big adva e advance. >> yeah. i think that we are not that good of friends with russia and china anymore, so i'm wondering about that? >> no, no. feels like 1977. >> thanks, jim. >> you're welcome. >> and our guest has been mark zandi from moody analytics who started his own business and then sold it to moody with 120 employees. >> good the know that. >> he is shocked. >> i'm not going to -- >> and especially that he has a lot more than i counted on. last word when we return. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well
well, i don't know. >> i'm with you, but i want washington off -- i hate it when washington is on the business section, because the name calling is horrible and i think that your analysis, joe, is rig right, it is not that bad, but when you get the partisan conflict and something in syria and funky earnings, it is difficult to mount a big adva e advance. >> yeah. i think that we are not that good of friends with russia and china anymore, so i'm wondering about that? >> no, no....
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"the washington post" pays to republish that piece in "the washington post." so we'll see how long that lasts. >> jennifer rubin started following me yesterday. >> really? >> that was my moment of -- she's phenomenal. to be down there in that cesspool in the beltway working at that place and to be able to say -- anyway. we have to get on. >> we continue to follow the latest in egypt. days of bloody protest have left hundreds dead. the head of the egyptian army vowing further violence will not be tolerated. a strange statement since they seem to be committing a lot of it. the muslim brotherhood is calling for more protests. yousuf gamal el-din joins us with the latest. >> reporter: it's been another tough morning. more violence this time in the sinai peninsula. an attack near the border town of rafah, which is about 140 miles east of the northern terminal of the suez canal. nbc news understands from a security source that two mini buses with 28 police conscripts was ambushed. they were asked to step down. and with machine guns, 25 of them were killed. three of
"the washington post" pays to republish that piece in "the washington post." so we'll see how long that lasts. >> jennifer rubin started following me yesterday. >> really? >> that was my moment of -- she's phenomenal. to be down there in that cesspool in the beltway working at that place and to be able to say -- anyway. we have to get on. >> we continue to follow the latest in egypt. days of bloody protest have left hundreds dead. the head of the...
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the question is, are things in washington getting better? remember the s&p downgraded the united states because of the gridlock here in washington. we're heading for another series of legislative battles in september. later on in the fall that could be just as bruiseing as what we seen, starting with the end of the fiscal year at the end of september, the u.s. government is going to run out of funding, in order to avoid a government shutdown, a cr or continuing resolution. but to do that, there is a big fight about whether republicans would put in a cr poison pill that would defund obamacare. a lot of republicans think that will be a good idea. other republicans, particularly governors across the country say in the new york tiles, they don't think it's a good idea. it won't apply in the senate. then after that, sometime later in the fall, we don't know exactly when, we got the whole question about whether the united states will hit the debt ceiling or not. will be another bruiseing battle. so, brian, if you look at this, you know, the s&p wa
the question is, are things in washington getting better? remember the s&p downgraded the united states because of the gridlock here in washington. we're heading for another series of legislative battles in september. later on in the fall that could be just as bruiseing as what we seen, starting with the end of the fiscal year at the end of september, the u.s. government is going to run out of funding, in order to avoid a government shutdown, a cr or continuing resolution. but to do that,...
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this is me coming back from vacation, it is less what is happ happening in washington and more about what the media speculation that is every day, somehow they're sitting around every single day. >> for markets, a little slow news. >> i've been interested. we're not waking it up. we know at first it was larry summers must be floating his own name. that's bs. coming straight from the white house and the president did bring it up and did defend him. >> you saw who the bane backer is. gene sperling. >> geithner. we know who he hasn't gotten along with. that's what is a little bit surprising. i don't think he got along with valerie, but i don't know. we'll see. but obama rewards -- he's loyal. i think summers has been -- summers was in a much more centrist administration and, you know, clinton. clinton had a good record. >> i feel bad over the whole debate. i think it minimized and belittelled both yellen's and summers qualifications. >> and twisted them into almost clic cliches. >> ridiculous. >> caricatures of who they are. right. >> i think both of them are incredibly qualified. i thi
this is me coming back from vacation, it is less what is happ happening in washington and more about what the media speculation that is every day, somehow they're sitting around every single day. >> for markets, a little slow news. >> i've been interested. we're not waking it up. we know at first it was larry summers must be floating his own name. that's bs. coming straight from the white house and the president did bring it up and did defend him. >> you saw who the bane...
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i'm sure jeff for "the washington post" that has that type of brand that's a potential capability for them. >> tim armstrong thank you for coming on "squawk" with the news about the acquisition and your earnings this morning and hope to see you very soon. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> do you have comments or questions about anything you see on "squawk." e-mail us at squawk @cnbc.com. follow us on twitter. cnbc our handle. up next, stocks logging their worst day since june on fed jitters. when could fed tapering begin and what will it mean for stocks if anything. find out after the break. a look on the futures. some good music. little black keys. very nice. in my younger days. s&p, dow and nasdaq indicating a lower open. we'll leave you with the boys here. ster than ever, we believe outshining the competition tomorrow requires challenging your business inside and out today. at cognizant, we help forward-looking companies run better and run different - to give your customers every reason to keep looking for you. so if you're ready to see opportunities and see them through, we say: let's
i'm sure jeff for "the washington post" that has that type of brand that's a potential capability for them. >> tim armstrong thank you for coming on "squawk" with the news about the acquisition and your earnings this morning and hope to see you very soon. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> do you have comments or questions about anything you see on "squawk." e-mail us at squawk @cnbc.com. follow us on twitter. cnbc our handle. up next, stocks...
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i think everything we focus on in the states of washington, d.c. ought to be what is the growth strategy. that's really the only thing that matters these days. >> that would be -- a good idea. big change, obviously. big shift from the last couple of years. governor, we appreciate your time. thanks. >>> coming up, we'll talk about viacom and all those reporting quarterly results this morning and find out if those stocks are on the move ahead of the opening bell. ey mike.what are you up to? oh, just diagramming this accident with my state farm pocket agent app. you can also get a quote and pay your premium with this thing. i thought state farm didn't have all those apps? where did you hear that? the internet. and you believed it? yeah. they can't put anything on the internet that isn't true. where did you hear that? [ both ] the internet. oh look. here comes my date. i met him on the internet. he's a french model. uh, bonjour. [ male announcer ] state farm. more mobile than ever. get to a better state. otherworldly things. but there are some things i
i think everything we focus on in the states of washington, d.c. ought to be what is the growth strategy. that's really the only thing that matters these days. >> that would be -- a good idea. big change, obviously. big shift from the last couple of years. governor, we appreciate your time. thanks. >>> coming up, we'll talk about viacom and all those reporting quarterly results this morning and find out if those stocks are on the move ahead of the opening bell. ey mike.what are...
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rick, on the front page of the washington post, they talk about the bls data that came out yesterday that states specific where unemployment is concerned. it talks about how sequester is hitting the region, maryland, delaware, d.c. unemployment is up. it talks about the southeast and how some of the u.s. portions are incredibly weak in terms of the economy, do you think that will play a role at all in this september 17th date we have circled on the calendar? >> i do. i do. i would take the words sequester out of there. to me, it makes it political. the issue is more simple than that. maybe it's not the best way to cut budgets. sometimes when you spend less, every time you spend less, the receiving end of what you are not spending is going as to potentially contract some areas of the economy. that's just the way it is. but i think that employment is not responding in a fashion that the fed would like to you believe with regard to their programs. i think with regard to many states, there's lots of air pockets of unemployment. it's going to be the nagging issue. it's going to be worse i
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the washington post reports an audit found the national security agency has broken privacy rules thousands of times each year since congress granted the agency broad new news for 2008. most of the incidents involve unauthorized surveillance of americans or foreign intelligence targets in the united states. both are restricted by law and executive order. the post received the documents from former nsa contractor edward snowden earlier this summer. >> this is the -- i have to say, this is one of the first articles i read which has changed my view again on this whole thing. i don't know if you remember, i went from thinking hero with snowden originally. and then when i thought the preside p.r.i.s.m. program was overstated, i was less enamored with what we were hearing, because i thought it had become overstated. and now i'm anxious all over again. if this is all really true, i say hero again. >> i don't know i go to hero on that position with this. i still think this is a position where in this case he is putting americans at risk. but if you look at some of the issues that are behind this, i
the washington post reports an audit found the national security agency has broken privacy rules thousands of times each year since congress granted the agency broad new news for 2008. most of the incidents involve unauthorized surveillance of americans or foreign intelligence targets in the united states. both are restricted by law and executive order. the post received the documents from former nsa contractor edward snowden earlier this summer. >> this is the -- i have to say, this is...
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now to washington and we'll talk to allison pruett to help us make sense of all of this. let's talk about the legal issues that relate to this. you had mary jo white out last night, suggesting that they need to do much more. arthur levitt taking shots at the nasdaq. is it fair that we suggest that the nasdaq has had too many problems? at the same time, i think to myself, this week, google went down for five minutes. can we ever have a robust system, or system so robust that we never run into a problem? >> i don't think we can ever have guarantee there won't be problems, but you can have better policies and procedures in place, more testing, more capacity testing, and a better information flow to market participants so that people aren't at sea for several hours. >> here is the question. i talked to a number of people now behind the scenes involved in this problem yesterday. and the question you always ask them is why didn't you say more, why didn't you come forward the second you understood what the problem was or had a sense there was a problem and said there was a probl
now to washington and we'll talk to allison pruett to help us make sense of all of this. let's talk about the legal issues that relate to this. you had mary jo white out last night, suggesting that they need to do much more. arthur levitt taking shots at the nasdaq. is it fair that we suggest that the nasdaq has had too many problems? at the same time, i think to myself, this week, google went down for five minutes. can we ever have a robust system, or system so robust that we never run into a...
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finance and financial reporter at the "washington post." guys, good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> markets leaning red this morning after avoiding the first four-day losing streak of the year. we have a
finance and financial reporter at the "washington post." guys, good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> markets leaning red this morning after avoiding the first four-day losing streak of the year. we have a